Dear Job Monkey, I am a 28-year-old about to graduate from nursing school. A friend of my mom’s works at a large, local hospital and they are having a hiring fair next week. There will be representatives from all the different departments and they will be doing informational sessions as well as scheduling actual job […]
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Happy Hump Day. It’s job announcement day and the Job Monkey free job center is brimming with new job listings. If you love animals, today’s Hot Jobs are definitely for you. I am posting a range of animal job openings — from a college internship at the Oregon Zoo to a zookeeper position in Grand […]
What Would You Do With $500?
Here’s a fun little poll for this cold and snowy Tuesday afternoon. If Congress passes President Obama’s $825 billion Stimulus Plan, you will be getting a stimulus check in the mail for $500 ($1,000 for couples — income restrictions do apply.) So, what would you do with your check? Would you stimulate the economy by […]
Should You Go Back to School?
With the recession reaching record-high proportions, many of the unemployed are turning to retraining rather than resume writing. A story today on CNN’s Money Magazine focused on this growing trend to retrain, especially among the more “mature” worker. If you are considering going back to school after a layoff, here are three questions you should […]
Bloody Monday: How to Shore Up Your Finances In Anticipation of a Job Loss
The news hasn’t been good for weeks, but today America’s job market reached an all-time low. CNN reported this afternoon that 71,400 jobs were lost today. That’s the single highest job loss day since 1945. The companies affected include: – Catepillar, which is cutting 20,000 jobs – Drug-maker Pfizer, which is reducing its workforce by […]
A Quick Saturday Link Love
I hope you are having a great weekend. We’ve got freezing temperatures and snow here, but I’m staying warm inside and enjoying a little trip around the (career) blogosphere. Here’s what I’ve got for you this fine Saturday. >> A Warning for Job Seekers: Is That Job Ad Real? @ the Job Hacking blog. Here’s […]
Make It Your Job to Find a Job
The best advice I ever got from a career counselor was to approach my job search like it was my full-time job. I was about to graduate from college and venture off to a new city to make my fame and fortune (okay, truth be told I made neither fame nor fortune), so I scheduled […]
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Welcome to Wednesday! Yesterday I talked about how to make a good impression on your first day of a new job. If you’re still in the job market then file that post away and focus instead on today’s hot jobs. Every week, I give you a list of three exciting new opportunities from JobMonkey’s cool […]